Newton County, MO
The federal environmental record for Newton County (population 60,677): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton County Mine Tailings | Granby | on the NPL | 09/29/2003 |
| Newton County Wells | Joplin | on the NPL | 07/27/2000 |
| Pools Prairie | Neosho | on the NPL | 09/17/1999 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Newton reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Newton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 28k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MISSOURI WALNUT LLC | NEOSHO | Bromomethane, Lead | 15k lb |
| US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD CAMP CROWDER RANGES | NEOSHO | Lead | 3k lb |
| ALUMINUM FINISHERS LLC | GRANBY | Ethylbenzene, Cumene | 3k lb |
| FAG BEARINGS - A MEMBER OF THE SCHAEFFLER GROUP | JOPLIN | Chromium | 3k lb |
| NUTRA BLEND CORP | NEOSHO | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 3k lb |
| TROUW NUTRITION USA LLC | NEOSHO | Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 145 tank facilities in Newton: 112 tanks in service and 276 closed. 58 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Newton as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Newton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AIR FORCE (EX) PLANT # 65NEOSHO
- CROWDER COLLEGE TESTNEOSHO
- FORT CROWDER (EX) MILITARY INSTALLATIONNEOSHO
- MONG - CAMP CROWDER TRAININGNEOSHO
- NEWTON COUNTY MINE TAILINGSNEWTON COUNTY
- NEWTON COUNTY WELLSJOPLIN
- POOLS PRAIRIENEOSHO
- ROCKETDYNE TEST AREANEOSHO